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Winnipeg Goldeyes 12 Salina Stockade 10
This game was played on 5/22/2017 at Lawrence Dumont Stadium
STORY FROM GOLDEYES.COM Steve Schuster
WICHITA, KS � The Winnipeg Goldeyes (3-2) beat the Salina Stockade 12-10 at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium on Monday afternoon.
Trailing 9-8 in the bottom of the seventh inning, David Rohm ripped a double to left-centre and took third on a groundout by Josh Romanski. David Bergin doubled down the left field line to tie the game, and scored the lead run two batters later on Shawn Pleffners line drive single to left-centre.
Joeanthony Rivera (1-0), who recorded the final out in the seventh, coaxed two outs in the top of the eighth before giving way to Ryan Chaffee who induced a fielders choice from Dustin Aldrich to end the inning. The Goldeyes added two insurance runs in the bottom half, on back-to-back doubles from Alixon Suarezand Wes Darvill, and a sacrifice fly from Rohm.
Jordan Caillouet led off the top of the ninth with a solo home run, and the Stockade (1-4) rallied to put the tying runs on base, but Chaffee struck out Roche Woodard on a high fastball to end the game and record his third save of the year.
Rivera notched the win in his Goldeyes debut, while Salina left-hander Connor Bach (0-1) took the loss.
The Stockade took an early lead with three runs in the top of the second. With the bases loaded and no outs, Brad Cuyos scored on a wild pitch. CJ Epperson then doubled home Aaron Olivas and Jesse Baker.
Winnipeg answered right back with two runs in the bottom of the second. Andrew Sohn worked a leadoff walk and took second on a groundout from Suarez. Darvill singled to right-centre to drive in Sohn and cut the lead to 3-1. Darvill stole second, took third on Casio Griders groundball to third, and scored Winnipegs second run when Caillouet was charged with an error at third.
In the fourth, Grider bunted for a single and took second when Salina starter Tim Blackmon made an errant throw to first. Rohm followed with a line drive single down the right field line to score Grider with the tying run.
After Epperson and Woodard used a delayed double steal attempt in the top of the fifth to tie the game, the Goldeyes scored two runs in the bottom of the inning on a Suarez infield single and a bases loaded walk to Grider.
Jesse Bakers RBI single in the top of the sixth chased home Aaron Olivas, and allowed Salina to re-tie the score at 5-5.
In the bottom of the sixth, Suarez singled home Pleffner with one out on a sharp groundball up the middle. Darvill followed with a two-run triple into the rigt field corner that extended the Goldeyes lead to 8-5.
Salina rallied for four runs, three of which were unearned, in the top of the seventh to take a short-lived 9-8 advantage.
Zack Dodson started and took a no-decision in his first appearance of the season. Dodson allowed five earned runs on nine hits in six innings. Dodson walked two and struck out three.
Blackmon also took a no-decision, allowing four runs, two earned, over four-plus innings. Blackmon allowed four hits, five walks, and struck out two.
Bach took the loss, allowing six earned runs in three innings.
Darvill had three hits and four RBI. Suarez also had three hits, while Sohn drew three walks. Collectively, the Goldeyes walked eight times, and have now drawn 30 offensive walks through five games.
The game was the first of three played by Winnipeg and Salina at a neutral site. The Stockade replaced the Laredo Lemurs in the American Association South Division prior to the start of spring training, and will operate as a traveling team. The Goldeyes will continue to serve as the "home" team in the series.
The Goldeyes and Stockade continue the three-game set Tuesday afternoon at 12:05 p.m. Mikey OBrien (1-0, 3.00) starts for Winnipeg.
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